{"id":7858,"date":"2020-07-19T15:55:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-19T14:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/?p=7858"},"modified":"2020-07-19T15:55:02","modified_gmt":"2020-07-19T14:55:02","slug":"travelling-in-covid-times-holiday-inn-bournemouth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/2020\/07\/19\/travelling-in-covid-times-holiday-inn-bournemouth\/","title":{"rendered":"Travelling in Covid times – Holiday Inn Bournemouth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’m not very good at writing travel or hotel reviews, so this article will be more like photos with some annotations \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The hospitality sector in England opened on July 4th, and for the first time in the last four months, I could finally leave London for some fresh air! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Given that I’d never been to Bournemouth, and it seems to be a nice (beach) city, and it’s only two hours from Waterloo station, I decided to spend a few days there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The station is very quiet, even for a Thursday afternoon. I’m glad to see that most people wear masks throughout the train ride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Holiday Inn in Bournemouth<\/a> is a fairly new property. Standard redemption costs only 20,000 points per night, which is a treat given how pricey hotels can be in the summer. And I even saved a few thousand points on top of that thanks to IHG’s new dynamic pricing system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The hotel is located between the main road and high street. It takes 10 minutes or a bit more to go to most places on foot, which usually isn’t a problem for me if Bournemouth wasn’t so hilly…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You can see the new hygiene measures hotels are taking nowadays. Protective shield at front desk, hand sanitiser everywhere and only one party in a lift at a time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My executive room is new and spacious enough, although the style is very boring:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And here is the Grab & Go breakfast you get for \u00a38:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The beach is around 15 minutes’ walk from the hotel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To my surprise, there weren’t many people at all, probably due to the chilly weather. I find the beach quality very decent as well, so it’s definitely ideal for a day out, or even a couple of days away from London.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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